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_ House passes b111 on school financ1a1 statements
The Kentucky House of general public would have to H th t d
' Representatives voted 70-18 to request a copy of the system's w
allow Kentucky school districts to financial statement and one would 0 ey Y0 e
publish a condensed version of be mailed at the school's expense. VotingforHouse bill 378 Stewart, Stumbo, Treesh, Turner.
their annual financial statement. The language also encouraged Walton, Wayne. Weaver,
Twelve House members did not school systems to post the annual Alexander, Allan, J' Arnold, Ballard, Worthington Yonts Zimmerman.
. . , .. . ‘ Baugh, Brandstetter, Bratcher, ’ ’
. vote on the measure when it was financ1al statement on its World B B h C ll h C L
‘ considered on February 19. Wide Web homepage, if it main- Cluclf’PuCrl: ’k 2(1) ii an, Cavfiin ' VofingagainstHouseBill378
HB 378, sponsored by Rep. tains one." C ”(Emil Car ’l oemaCn, 0C 81’ ,
Brian Crall, R-Owensboro, was The published statement would D ’ D w, F d, G ’ J‘ Adams, R Adams, Adkins, A'
, sent to the Senate and assigned to be the same as allowed to munici- G323)“, D gill”, Gel-G, l ee, A1110“. Bowling, Browns DD..But.ler,
the Senate Education Committee pally-owned utility companies yet G1: gm 2138:111' H 11' - ’ Colter, Hoffman, Hoover, Lindsay,
. where it was still sitting in early far less than the audit report sum- H y’ Jr, . y gnimse 3%, Mason, MCKee, RlChardS, Slms.
- March. mary option available to cities and orlander, enkms, ° ’ or. ’ Stine,’Ihomas,Wilkey.
* t' e Kerr, be, Long, Marootte, Mancle,
As approved by the House, com} 1 S- . M . Miller M Moberly
' school districts would be allowed to The time when more and more Mur at!" o d It’lesler New om ’ MW
. publish a "certified audit" showing dollars, both private and tax, are 3 y ’ ’ 3 e, ‘
. . , . b - t' t d t' . t th Nunn, Palumbo, Polston, Pope, Anderson, Barrows. D. Butler,
the districts total income and total emg pu m o e uca Ion ls no 8 Radar Rasche Ratliff Reinhardt Clarke Basking Gooch Hogancamp
expense amounts for the year. For ~ ' - ’ - ’ - ’ ’ - ’- ’ - ’
any additional information, the See HOUSE, page 6 Riggs, Rmer, Scott. Simpmn, Stem, Lovell, Napier, Siler, Stacy, Vincent
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KPA News Bureau has intern 614 re glster for first state
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, for egis ative sess1on 1g so 00 convention
11/ Julie Clay, a “We’re pleased with the l The first statewide convention her for a first-time event." said
senior journalism work Julie‘s done for us so far i for the newly formed Kentucky KHSJA administrator liisa
« major at Eastern this semesterand I’m sure that l High School Journalism (‘arnahair “Hopefully. this kind ol'
K e n t .u c k'y * good work Will carry through : Association iKHSJAi is scheduled interest shown will go a long way
UanpI‘Slty, IS the remainder 0f the lengIatlve ; for “larch 27 at the Radisson Plaza in establishing él H‘Clll‘t‘ llllul‘t‘ llll'
working With the sessmn, said KPA Executive 3 in I exington the organization."
KPA News Director David T. Thompson. i A . '. . . . , - ,. . i
. _ . Reg’lstratlon for tho CODVOHUOD The convr ntltfl‘l l( (ltlll‘t h somi
Bureau thls Clay was news edltor Of the i t' d 't 614 of the state's best known newspa-
semester cover- Eastern Progress, EKU’s student S an“ S d j . ' h T N
; ing the 1998GeneralAssemb1y_ newspaper, last semester. She‘s i We re thrilled Wltl’l that num- see CONVEN '0 ! page 6
i Clay, 3 Danville native and also worked for the newspaper °
i resrdent, also held another as a copy editor and reporter Whlte €1€Cted t0 INSIDE
. intekrndship fihrfiugh1§